Reliance unveils $110 billion AI investment plan as India ramps up tech ambitions | TechCrunch

Reliance chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani, the billionaire chairman of Indian conglomerate Reliance, on Thursday unveiled the group’s ₹10 trillion (about $110 billion) plan to build AI computing infrastructure in India over the next seven years. Speaking at the India AI Impact Summit in Delhi on Thursday, Ambani said the investment will fund gigawatt-scale data centers, a nationwide network … Read more

Cheap MacBooks are coming! Macworld podcast

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Apple is cooking up something for March 4th, and signs point to us getting the laptop we’ve been waiting for. In this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about the upcoming event and new developments in Apple AI hardware. This is episode 971 with Michael Simon, Jason Cross and Roman Loyola. Watch Episode 971 … Read more

OpenAI leverages Tata for 100MW AI data center in India, eyes 1GW | TechCrunch

OpenAI's ChatGPT in India

OpenAI has partnered with India’s Tata Group to secure 100 megawatts of AI-ready data center capacity in the country, with plans to expand to 1 gigawatt. The move is part of a broader effort to deepen the company’s corporate and infrastructure footprint in one of its fastest-growing markets. OpenAI announced on Thursday that the partnership … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-Ban entourage are having their day in court

Mark Zuckerberg and his Ray-Ban entourage are having their day in court

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg entered the courthouse in downtown Los Angeles in much the same way as all the lawyers, reporters and advocates who had come to watch him testify in the landmark trial, but with one notable difference: He was accompanied by an entourage who appeared to be wearing Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. To … Read more

OpenAI deepens India push with fintech partnership Pine Labs | TechCrunch

OpenAI ChatGPT website displayed on a laptop screen is seen in this illustration photo.

With India emerging as a global hub for applied AI, OpenAI has partnered with Pine Labs to integrate AI-driven reasoning into the fintech firm’s payments suite, automating billing and billing workflows, which the companies say could help accelerate AI-driven commerce in India. Through the partnership, Pine Labs will incorporate OpenAI application programming interfaces — software … Read more